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1	Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 4.06 avg rating — 238,315 ratings score: 31,697, and 321 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 798,631 ratings score: 11,190, and 117 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky 3.75 avg rating — 76,224 ratings score: 10,972, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 106,281 ratings score: 10,923, and 114 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 121,442 ratings score: 10,870, and 112 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty 4.22 avg rating — 107,535 ratings score: 10,342, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach 3.85 avg rating — 60,040 ratings score: 8,408, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum 4.01 avg rating — 36,969 ratings score: 8,057, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 55,883 ratings score: 7,034, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach 3.93 avg rating — 51,319 ratings score: 6,936, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach 3.60 avg rating — 40,535 ratings score: 6,545, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson 3.91 avg rating — 44,009 ratings score: 6,489, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel 3.99 avg rating — 75,965 ratings score: 5,833, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 113,288 ratings score: 5,741, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 3.65 avg rating — 195,161 ratings score: 5,646, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 752,392 ratings score: 5,362, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 442,589 ratings score: 5,338, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 68,966 ratings score: 5,266, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson 3.95 avg rating — 156,919 ratings score: 4,788, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach 3.95 avg rating — 60,053 ratings score: 4,681, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 11,066 ratings score: 4,634, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 55,932 ratings score: 4,624, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Framed & Hunted: A True Story of Occult Persecution by Edward Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 6,577 ratings score: 4,525, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 71,738 ratings score: 4,463, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau 3.77 avg rating — 203,215 ratings score: 4,407, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 109,473 ratings score: 4,373, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,459 ratings score: 4,189, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 117,976 ratings score: 4,156, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass 4.23 avg rating — 14,228 ratings score: 3,819, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 59,190 ratings score: 3,807, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Quantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1: Aligning with Universal Consciousness by Kenneth Schmitt 4.38 avg rating — 1,493 ratings score: 3,777, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond 3.94 avg rating — 74,438 ratings score: 3,763, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing 4.46 avg rating — 161,903 ratings score: 3,736, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 13,906 ratings score: 3,734, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 471,962 ratings score: 3,602, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Just Love Her by Raz Mihal (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 5,690 ratings score: 3,460, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand 4.39 avg rating — 992,028 ratings score: 3,448, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors by Ronald M. Razmi 4.28 avg rating — 7,131 ratings score: 3,349, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh 4.30 avg rating — 28,805 ratings score: 3,297, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 160,233 ratings score: 3,274, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry 3.98 avg rating — 42,388 ratings score: 3,251, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 45,932 ratings score: 3,225, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky 3.92 avg rating — 24,902 ratings score: 3,213, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill 3.81 avg rating — 46,724 ratings score: 3,150, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Girls Are Gone: The True Story of Two Sisters Who Vanished, the Father Who Kept Searching, and the Adults Who Conspired to Keep the Truth Hidden by Michael Brodkorb (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 7,508 ratings score: 3,150, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 27,432 ratings score: 3,107, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson 4.12 avg rating — 20,425 ratings score: 3,089, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty 4.30 avg rating — 46,225 ratings score: 3,083, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 3.81 avg rating — 43,238 ratings score: 3,042, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 11,834 ratings score: 2,969, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 10,609 ratings score: 2,944, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 101,490 ratings score: 2,930, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester 3.88 avg rating — 21,754 ratings score: 2,921, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 3.84 avg rating — 499,518 ratings score: 2,918, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 61,326 ratings score: 2,849, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King 3.91 avg rating — 28,113 ratings score: 2,782, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino 4.04 avg rating — 14,137 ratings score: 2,774, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery 3.94 avg rating — 59,106 ratings score: 2,768, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 24,290 ratings score: 2,725, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel 3.81 avg rating — 5,364 ratings score: 2,588, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,316 ratings score: 2,546, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 33,514 ratings score: 2,525, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.39 avg rating — 326,867 ratings score: 2,521, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1) by Courtney Peppernell (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 54,996 ratings score: 2,509, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 4,795 ratings score: 2,501, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 7,090 ratings score: 2,499, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild 4.19 avg rating — 68,137 ratings score: 2,486, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 44,889 ratings score: 2,465, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester 3.82 avg rating — 14,071 ratings score: 2,446, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini 4.10 avg rating — 1,605 ratings score: 2,414, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World by Mo Gawdat 3.81 avg rating — 3,178 ratings score: 2,400, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Age of AI and Our Human Future by Henry Kissinger 3.44 avg rating — 5,247 ratings score: 2,398, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 1,417 ratings score: 2,397, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World by Nick Bostrom (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 763 ratings score: 2,391, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Solomon Bennett 4.46 avg rating — 4,107 ratings score: 2,386, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 4.06 avg rating — 80,077 ratings score: 2,381, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope by William Sieghart (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 1,029 ratings score: 2,377, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 93,814 ratings score: 2,358, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman 3.74 avg rating — 72,510 ratings score: 2,356, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 129,346 ratings score: 2,337, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist—the Facts of Daily Life in 19th-Century England by Daniel Pool 3.85 avg rating — 5,753 ratings score: 2,332, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin 3.89 avg rating — 67,484 ratings score: 2,326, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis 3.82 avg rating — 5,604 ratings score: 2,311, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker 4.18 avg rating — 50,605 ratings score: 2,271, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 28,621 ratings score: 2,263, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 29,629 ratings score: 2,261, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.05 avg rating — 43,901 ratings score: 2,258, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 4.49 avg rating — 796,229 ratings score: 2,229, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders 4.08 avg rating — 55,138 ratings score: 2,227, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days by Donna Ashworth 4.31 avg rating — 1,364 ratings score: 2,205, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 861,402 ratings score: 2,200, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale 3.51 avg rating — 24,967 ratings score: 2,180, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein 4.18 avg rating — 57,649 ratings score: 2,180, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Money Game: A Wealth Manifestation Guide. Level Up Your Mindset Step-By-Step & Create An Abundant Life by Daniel Mangena (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 5,947 ratings score: 2,174, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 5,445 ratings score: 2,146, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers by Melody Godfred (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 4,028 ratings score: 2,126, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 118,656 ratings score: 2,118, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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message 1: by Angel (new)

Jan 08, 2011 04:36PM

Wow, I thought I knew a good number of microhistories, but this list has a bunch of stuff that looks like good reading. I will be looking some of these up. :)

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message 2: by J (new)

Mar 14, 2012 08:29PM

what a great list! :D can't wait to check this out more thoroughly after midterms. :]

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message 3: by Hilary "Fox" (new)

Apr 26, 2012 07:59PM

Fantastic list!

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message 4: by Derek (last edited Nov 29, 2012 10:40PM) (new)

Nov 29, 2012 10:40PM

I want every single book on this list....

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message 5: by Lilac (last edited Dec 27, 2012 02:28PM) (new)

Dec 27, 2012 02:28PM

Haha, great list!
Have you seen number 79?

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message 6: by Gabriel (last edited Mar 12, 2013 07:03AM) (new)

Mar 12, 2013 07:02AM

Derek wrote: "I want every single book on this list...."

Meeeeeeeeeeeeee Toooooooooooooooo

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message 7: by Daphne (new)

Jan 11, 2014 05:31AM

This is one of my favorite lists! There are so many on here I want to read already or have already completed.

Guess I know where my preferences lie!

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message 8: by Hilary "Fox" (new)

Jan 11, 2014 10:03AM

Daphne wrote: "This is one of my favorite lists! There are so many on here I want to read already or have already completed.

Guess I know where my preferences lie!"

Definitely my favorite list as well. Why not find wonder in unexpected places?

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message 9: by OddModicum Rachel (last edited Aug 01, 2014 05:42PM) (new)

Aug 01, 2014 05:40PM

Oh wow... Brilliant. List. So many of these look outrageously good, and I'm primarily a reader of fiction, even. 'The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York' by Deborah Blum. Oh yes, please! I recently stumbled on a book about the history life and times of Ketchup, of all things, but haven't read it yet. ;)

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message 10: by Deborah (new)

Oct 24, 2014 11:07PM

Isn't this supposed to be for non-fiction? Can we delete the fiction books?

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message 11: by HeavyReader (new)

Nov 26, 2014 09:58PM

Great list! I want to read 85% of books on it.

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message 12: by Hilary "Fox" (new)

Nov 28, 2014 07:58AM

Deborah wrote: "Isn't this supposed to be for non-fiction? Can we delete the fiction books?"

I think that would be a very good idea.

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message 13: by Rashmi Priya (new)

Dec 30, 2014 03:05AM

thanks to goodreads, that i stumbled upon this list. it contains many quirky/interesting titles out of which each one of us could find something to read for sure.

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message 14: by Dana (last edited Mar 21, 2015 10:33PM) (new)

Mar 21, 2015 10:32PM

If this List walked into a room, I would have told it, "Shut up. Just...shut up. You had me at hello. [sniffles] You had me...at hello."

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message 15: by Dana (last edited Mar 21, 2015 10:34PM) (new)

Mar 21, 2015 10:34PM

Fox wrote: "Deborah wrote: "Isn't this supposed to be for non-fiction? Can we delete the fiction books?"

I think that would be a very good idea."

Stand up on your pulpit, and preach, Preach, PREACH.
*raises hand and votes Aye*

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message 16: by Steve (last edited Sep 07, 2016 10:59AM) (new)

Sep 07, 2016 10:57AM

Maybe I am a bit slow, but what "fiction" books are you referring to?
Something you don't happen to believe in? Just found this list, and I too, like about 85-90% of it.

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message 17: by Deborah (new)

Sep 07, 2016 11:07AM

Steve wrote: "Maybe I am a bit slow, but what "fiction" books are you referring to?
Something you don't happen to believe in? Just found this list, and I too, like about 85-90% of it."

I certainly don't remember the titles, since it has been almost 2 years since I deleted them.

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Sep 07, 2016 11:23AM) (new)

Sep 07, 2016 11:13AM

Deborah wrote: "I certainly don't remember the titles, since it has been almost 2 years since I deleted them...."

Maybe it's an idea to mention the books you remove in the comments section, like a lot of librarians do? As far as I can tell, a total of 11 books have been deleted by Spooky, Cindy and yourself, yet no mention is made which books were deleted, which is a bit of a pity really.

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message 19: by Deborah (new)

Sep 07, 2016 12:11PM

If the book never had any business being on the list, I see no reason to document it.

I do have a forthcoming list that I maintain (deleting books as they are released) and on that one I post books that have at least five votes before deleting it.

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message 20: by Elyse (new)

Oct 27, 2017 08:12PM

I deleted Clan of the Cave Bear #434, Wuthering Heights #535, and Moby Dick #762. All are fiction.

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message 21: by Colleen (new)

Dec 16, 2017 02:40PM

The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of Secrets, Eccentrics, and the American Dream

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message 22: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 17, 2017 01:11AM) (new)

Dec 17, 2017 12:58AM

Elyse wrote: "I deleted Clan of the Cave Bear #434, Wuthering Heights #535, and Moby Dick #762. All are fiction."

I've removed Wuthering Heights (#541) and Moby-Dick or, The Whale (#783) again, as I totally agree: They're fiction and as such shouldn't be on this list.

Voter, please read before you decide to add!

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message 23: by Jim (new)

May 21, 2018 09:39AM

Give Melville credit, he wrote a book that was part fiction and part exactly what this list is about. Described in some places as an "anatomy," after The Anatomy of Melancholia, this type of nonfiction writing is an awesomely entertaining sub-genre, especially in the age of twitter. I think maybe someone needs to list out the chapters in Moby Dick that fit this genre because Moby Dick is a classic that uses this style of writing and does it extremely well.

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message 24: by Sara Grace (last edited May 21, 2018 02:18PM) (new)

May 21, 2018 02:16PM

Please remove The Scarlet Letter (#351) and The Octopus: A Story of California (#417) from the list. Items are fiction. (I also wouldn't mind editing privileges if possible?)

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message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 21, 2018 02:28PM

You should be able to edit if you're a GR librarian. (There's a little "edit" link at the end of the list description area. Remove books is the bottom-most option on that page.)

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message 26: by Greg (new)

May 22, 2018 12:16PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "You should be able to edit if you're a GR librarian. (There's a little "edit" link at the end of the list description area. Remove books is the bottom-most option on that page.)"

Interesting discussion about fiction vs. non-fiction. One can learn as many "truths" from fiction as from non-fiction, imo. And, anyway, how much do we now value truth?

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message 27: by Julia (new)

May 24, 2018 11:17AM

LOL Do they all have colons in the titles? :)

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message 28: by Kaitlyn (new)

Jan 23, 2019 11:43AM

As this is a list for non-fiction, I removed the following books for being fiction:
Fight Club, Fahrenheit 451, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next, A Clockwork Orange, Invisible Monsters, American Psycho.

You can play semantic games as to what constitutes a truth criterion but the genre of non-fiction is pretty well defined, and explicitly focus on facts, real events, actual people, etc.

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jan 23, 2019 01:37PM) (new)

Jan 23, 2019 01:34PM

The Elephant Tree (currently #24) is a novel. As is #25, The Wasp Factory, and #26, Factotum. And #29, Scag Boys. #30, Lunar Park. #72, Gashlycrumb Tinies.

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message 30: by ROBERT (last edited Mar 16, 2019 09:16PM) (new)

Mar 16, 2019 09:14PM

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the WorldI love these "microhistories". I will add a few.

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

The Victorian Internet

Tea: The Drink that Changed the World

Oak: The Frame of Civilization

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars

In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules

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message 31: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Mar 17, 2019 04:11AM) (new)

Mar 17, 2019 03:54AM

Fahrenheit 451 (#23) is a novel, not non-fiction, and shouldn't be on this list. Neither should A Clockwork Orange (#29), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (#31), The Catcher in the Rye (#116), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (#117), The Idiot (#128), Moon Tiger (#140), Slaughterhouse-Five (#156), The Brothers Karamazov (#159), Invisible Cities (#164), The Comfort of Strangers (#170), Dubliners (#177), Ulysses (#186), Brave New World (#193), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (#194), Naked Lunch (#196), and so on and so forth, as they are all fiction and not non-fiction, as the description says... Too many to mention...

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message 32: by Sean (new)

Aug 14, 2019 10:58AM

Check out all the fiction titles on the front page.

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message 33: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 15, 2019 12:50AM) (new)

Aug 15, 2019 12:34AM

I've deleted the ones mentioned in my earlier message. I urge other librarians to do the same with books they've read and recognize as fiction, maybe together we can clean up this list.

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message 34: by Elyse (new)

Aug 15, 2019 10:38AM

Booklovinglady wrote: "I've deleted the ones mentioned in my earlier message. I urge other librarians to do the same with books they've read and recognize as fiction, maybe together we can clean up this list."

Yes, This list has been neglected.... and it's a great list topic. I just deleted one novel off the first page that had 68 votes! So this list hasn't been cleaned up in quite awhile. I deleted a few fiction but there's many more to delete - and easy to find. "Have at it" you fellow librarians.

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message 35: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Aug 15, 2019 09:08PM

Elyse wrote: "... and it's a great list topic..."

Exactly.

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message 36: by Fiona (new)

Feb 09, 2021 06:20AM

I removed Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival and Females of Valor, both fiction.

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message 37: by Gillis (last edited Aug 24, 2022 11:31PM) (new)

Aug 24, 2022 11:10PM

I removed The Martian, Twilight, Outlander, Sourcery, Death on the Nile and Witches Abroad, clearly fiction...

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message 38: by Gillis (last edited Sep 10, 2022 12:04AM) (new)

Sep 09, 2022 11:57PM

Removed And Then There Were None, 1984, Fifty Shades of Grey and The Raven Boys, also fiction.
Clearly the concept 'non-fiction' is hard to grasp for a lot of people...

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message 39: by Steve (new)

Sep 10, 2022 12:09AM

Yeah, sometimes you've gotta just shake your head.
Keep up the good work! Steve M

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message 40: by ROBERT (new)

Sep 11, 2022 01:31PM

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.

Mary Roach has a number of books that could go on this list.

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message 41: by Tyler (new)

May 12, 2023 06:22AM

reminder to myself to look through this when I have two hours to kill

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message 42: by Rachel (new)

Aug 26, 2023 11:06AM

Half or more of these books aren't at all "strangely scientific" or "weirdly interesting," or even nonfiction. They're just the same books that are on every other list, sadly.

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message 43: by Jessica (last edited Apr 22, 2024 03:07PM) (new)

Apr 22, 2024 01:05PM

Fiction on the list:

Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White (#848)
Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice (around page 11)
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (#1347)
The Hate U Give (#1527) by Angie Thomas
Five books in a row on page 19 (around #1799)
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles #1869
The Paris Wife, there are two other books right below I think are also fiction.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman #2079
The Phantom by Jo Nesbo #2232
Everything I never Told You by Celeste Ng #2274
The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lyn Barnes, the Marriage Pact, Tom Clancy's Dead or Alive on pg. 25
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson #2627,
The Bourne Legacy by Eric Lustbader #2717
The Road by Cormac McCarthy #3026

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message 44: by Gillian (last edited Jul 08, 2025 07:42PM) (new)

Jul 05, 2025 08:48PM

I love this list, but I do wish we could delete the novels that keep ending up on it.

Fiction that I noticed:
#635: Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk
#676: The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de Sade
#700: Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
#749: Glue by Irvine Welsh
#757: Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
#757: Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander
#757: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
#824: Blindness by Jose Saramago
#849: The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson
#878: Under the Skin by Michael Faber
#884: Money by Martin Amis
#888: Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks
#908: Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley
#935: Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
#939: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
#949: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
#963: Darkness Visible by William Golding
#977: The Coma by Alex Garland
#977: Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
#985: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
#985: Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
#985: 1984 by George Orwell
#994: The Need by Helen Phillips
#1003: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
#1008: The Grifters by Jim Thompson
#1010: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
#1017: Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
#1020: The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart
#1026: Crank by Ellen Hopkins
#1028: Piercing by Ryu Murakami
#1028: The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
#1064: Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
#1072: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
#1074: The Crow Road by Iain Banks
#1085: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
...

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message 45: by Alicia (new)

Oct 10, 2025 03:20AM

I removed a bunch of fiction (most of the ones mentioned in the comment above mine), also some general self-help books (so covering more than one topic) and very general science/history books (providing a broad overview), poetry, essays, etc. as they didn't meet the criterium of 'about one subject'.

Sometimes it literally mentioned 'a variety of subjects' in the blurb, lol. People don't really read the description of the list, I guess.

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message 46: by Alicia (new)

Oct 10, 2025 09:25AM

How do people feel about memoirs that aren't about a specific subject? Or self help books like Money Game or The secret? It's very general vague advice, and they're popular, not exactly weirdly interesting and certainly not strangely scientific.

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